AI Article Synopsis
- A child tested positive for coronavirus through a stool sample, despite showing no symptoms.
- This positive test occurred 17 days after the child’s last exposure to the virus.
- The virus was found in stool samples for at least 9 more days, but respiratory tests came back negative.
Article Abstract
We report an asymptomatic child who was positive for a coronavirus by reverse transcription PCR in a stool specimen 17 days after the last virus exposure. The child was virus positive in stool specimens for at least an additional 9 days. Respiratory tract specimens were negative by reverse transcription PCR.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7258461 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2606.200301 | DOI Listing |
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